KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 17 (Bernama) — Bidnow.my, a Malaysian real estate auction service platform, recently completed their funding exercise from MyStartr, a licensed Crowdfunding Recognized Market Operators by Securities Commission Malaysia, surpassed their target funding amount by 385% at MYR 1.93 million, becoming a MyStartr record holder for the fastest…

YANTAI, China, Dec 16 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — According to Xinhua (Qingdao) International Ocean Information Center, since Yantai launched the “Clean Beach” campaign to engage all the coastal districts and county-level cities in cleaning up floating garbage and domestic waste from the rivers, mudflats and the coastal zone, a total of 875 tons…

CHIBA, Dec 16 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — – CHIBA SWEET POTATO FAIR 2020 – The Chiba Prefectural Government is selling a new type of sweet using “Beniharuka,” a variety of sweet potato grown in the Prefecture, in Singapore to let local people know the deliciousness of the sweet potato. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=38957

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 16 (Bernama-PRNewswire) — Though international travel bans may keep Malaysians away from Sweden, it will not stop the Swedish gnome from bringing festive cheer to Malaysians. This Christmas, IPC Shopping Centre stays true to its Scandinavian roots and welcomes back its beloved Tomte to set up…

TOKYO, Dec 16 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — Nippon Express (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (hereinafter, “NE Singapore”), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. based in Tokyo, has obtained Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification, effective Friday, October 30, for its facility within the Singapore Changi Airport Free Trade Zone (FTZ), evidencing its compliance with…

Bangkok, TH, Dec 16 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anantara Vacation Club, Southeast Asia’s premier points-based vacation ownership programme, has announced that it will expand its cooperation with Wanda Hotels & Resorts, one of China’s largest luxury hotel management companies, to provide Club Points Owners with more domestic hotel choices in mainland China.…

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (Bernama) — AmBank is pleased to announce the selection of the Top 30 SMEs for Digitalisation and Halal Quest. The 30 companies for each track were chosen from a total of 2000 over registrations when the third season of the competition was launched in July 2020.The first…

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec 16 (Bernama) — New data from Jumio, the leading provider of AI-powered end-to-end identity verification and eKYC solutions, reveals that new account fraud based on ID verification declined 23.2% worldwide YOY in 2020, compared to 2019 results. At the same time, selfie-based fraud rates were five times higher…

HONG KONG, Dec 16 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” of Peak Reinsurance Company Limited (Peak Re) (Hong Kong) and its subsidiary, Peak Reinsurance AG (Switzerland). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.…